Gideon Standish

Gideon Standish (died 20 November 1776) was a New Jersey resident who was killed in the Bascombe mutiny by Eben Bascombe.

Biography
Gideon Standish was the owner of a house in the woods of northern New Jersey, and he married a local woman in the 1730s. They had a peaceful life, and they intended to stay neutral when the American Revolutionary War broke out. However, on 20 November 1776 General Charles Scott and Captain Benjamin Tallmadge arrived at their house while changing course from Fort Lee (which had just fallen), and Scott promised Mrs. Standish that they would not bring any trouble. Mrs. Standish and the Continentals ate together at the table with their prisoner, Captain John Graves Simcoe of the British Army, while Gideon tended to a sick cow. When he returned to the house, he saw the Bascombe family holding General Scotta nd Captain Tallmadge at gunpoint, and he shot Bige Bascombe to prevent him from harming anyone. Eben Bascombe then shot him in the chest, and he bled out overnight.